FWIW, I have written some C# bindings for OMP that work on both linux
and Windows (and mac I assume). They are very easy to use and would make
rewriting some ancient applications quite easy.

https://github.com/brandonprry/openvas-sharp

On Tue, 2012-10-30 at 16:29 +0100, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote: 
> Hello OpenVAS users,
> 
> I'd be very interested to find out how many users of the OpenVAS Transfer 
> Protocol
> (OTP) we still have.
> 
> This is the protocol offered by the OpenVAS Scanner and in modern OpenVAS 
> releases
> the OpenVAS Manager is the only relevant client.
> 
> Please reply on-list (preferred as it might interest the community in general)
> or off-list (if you prefer this) to the following questions in case you are 
> using
> OTP:
> 
>  * Have you implemented OTP with your own pograming lanuage and tools or
>    have you used API elements of openvas-libraries/openvas-scanner for this?
> 
>  * Which of the OTP commands did you implement?
> 
>  * Which OTP commands do you really need in the future and which
>    could you drop?
> 
>  * Is OTP critical for your activities/processes?
> 
>  * Is OMP an alternative for your OTP use case?
> 
> 
> Your answers will help developers to judge about the future of OTP.
> So far it is fully maintained across all stable OpenVAS releases.
> But OTP has several drawbacks and design issues and it is desirable
> to have a leaner OTP version as well as a new, more advanced, protocol.
> 
> All the best
> 
> Jan
> 


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